Voyeuristic Behavior: A Descriptive Model

Originally Published on August 17th, 2026 at 10:53 am
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Overview
Summary
Implications for Mitigation
Reference

Overview

Explore a descriptive model of Voyeuristic Behavior, including risk factors, planning pathways, motivations, and implications for mitigation.

Summary

Despite the fact that cases related to voyeurism are increasing, there continues to be very little scientific research related to the topic.   

A study published in 2024 by Lister and Gannon sought to start addressing the gap in scientific literature.  They conducted a qualitative study of 17 men who had a conviction for an offense related to voyeuristic behaviors.  These men were in prisons in the United Kingdom.  The participants were interviewed by the researchers with interview questions related to their life history and offending behaviors.  The authors used a grounded theory approach that resulted in a model incorporating the temporal sequences of behavior for the participants.  

The results were broken down into the following categories:  Background Factors, Distal Factors, Proximal Factors and Offense and Post Offense factors. 

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